Review:
Tony Rached
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5
On February 23, 2017
Last modified:August 18, 2023

Summary:

Listing of all major carriers and ranking them based on customer satisfaction and claim processing ethics for diminished value.

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Updated on 02/23/2018

Best Insurance Carriers Press Release 2013

Worst Insurance Carriers Press Release 2014

Annual List of the Best and Worst Diminished Value Insurance Companies (2015)

After processing thousands of claims every year and receiving feedback on many of them, Diminished Value of Georgia, Atlanta’s #1 independent auto Appraisal Company releases its best and worst insurance carriers list.

“We process a large number of claims every month”, says Tony Rached, owner;  below is a list that ranks insurance companies based on how easy and fair their diminished value process is.

BEST Insurance Companies:

 

WORST Insurance Companies:

 

Average

 

AllState

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★½ 

Country Financial

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★¼ 

Progressive

Rating: ★★★★★★★★½☆ 


esurance

Rating: ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 

USAA

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 

Infinity

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Encompass

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Georgia
Farm Bureau

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Safe Auto

Rating: ½☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Auto Owners

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Direct 

Rating: ★½☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


United

Rating: ★½☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Safeco

Rating: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


Safeway

Rating: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


AmFam

Rating: ★★½☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 


State Farm

Rating: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 

Amica

Rating: ★★★★★½☆☆☆☆ 


Liberty Mutual

Rating: ★★★★★½☆☆☆☆ 


Farmers

Rating: ★★★★★★½☆☆☆ 



Travelers

Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 


Hartford

Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 

Nationwide GA

Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 

Geico

Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 

 

This doesn’t mean you won’t have a rough claim with a highly-rated insurance company or a successful claim with a low-rated insurance company. This list is merely an average based on our personal experience and feedback from our clients.

The list is ranking carriers based on three main benchmarks:
1- Fairness of the initial Diminished Value offer
2- Timeliness of processing the demand and settlement amounts
3- Quality of the appraisers hired by the carriers on first-party claims

Note: Diminished value of Georgia is an independent auto appraisal company and is not affiliated with any insurance carrier or company. This list only describes diminished value claims, we have no first hand experience or knowledge of any other claim types or services offered by these companies.


Ranking Details (examples of complaints we receive from our clients):

  1. Georgia Farm Bureau senior management refuses to provide their own clients with a copy of the DV appraisal
  2. Encompass hires the same unlicensed outside appraisers on all their DV claims
  3. USAA does not hire outside appraisers but keeps claims in-house (1st party claims involving the appraisal clause)
  4. Safe Auto takes 60-90 days to respond to a time-limit demand
  5. Auto-Owners Insurance hires incompetent appraisers and delays settling claims

Listing of all major carriers and ranking them based on customer satisfaction and claim processing ethics for diminished value.